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>"Most of the hipster microgreen crowd aren't even making their money that way, they are making it by scamming other hipsters into trying to do that by acting l

>"Most of the hipster microgreen crowd aren't even making their money that way, they are making it by scamming other hipsters into trying to do that by acting like anyone can make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year selling $10/pound lettuce to hipster restaurants." Can you elaborate on this? What exactly is the scam? How does the scam work?

lancebeet 9y ago
There are lots of youtube channels (and similar) promoting this idea. These channels can generate a lot of ad revenue for their creators. I'm assuming that's what they're referring to.
- jp555 9y ago
  Unless they’re among the top 500 YouTubers I bet they make more selling fresh basil than YouTube ads.
  - tfmatt 9y ago
    I would disagree with this, my small YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WpEeF48A7r032N486j1cQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WpEeF48A7r032N486j1cQ ) generates a couple hundred a week at which point I rotate videos for newer fresh ones. And this channel is literally about saving money by buying things at thrift stores.
    - CydeWeys 9y ago
      You've only got a few hundred views in total on all of your videos; how could you possibly be generating a couple hundred dollars per week?
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why15characters 9y ago
The ones that actually sell produce bring people to their "farms" as unpaid interns to do all their labor for free. People do this work for free because they are told it will give them the experience needed to start making 6 figures growing lettuce in someone else's backyard. In reality, the market for overpriced lettuce is already saturated and you can only make six figures doing that if you have an established relationship with restaurants who will buy overpriced lettuce, and you get all your labor for free. Lots of them don't even do that, they just sell "seminars" and "coaching" and "intensive workshops" to teach people how to grow lettuce.

lancebeet 9y ago

There are lots of youtube channels (and similar) promoting this idea. These channels can generate a lot of ad revenue for their creators. I'm assuming that's what they're referring to.

jp555 9y ago
Unless they’re among the top 500 YouTubers I bet they make more selling fresh basil than YouTube ads.
- tfmatt 9y ago
  I would disagree with this, my small YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WpEeF48A7r032N486j1cQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WpEeF48A7r032N486j1cQ ) generates a couple hundred a week at which point I rotate videos for newer fresh ones. And this channel is literally about saving money by buying things at thrift stores.
  - CydeWeys 9y ago
    You've only got a few hundred views in total on all of your videos; how could you possibly be generating a couple hundred dollars per week?
  - deleted 9y ago
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why15characters 9y ago

The ones that actually sell produce bring people to their "farms" as unpaid interns to do all their labor for free. People do this work for free because they are told it will give them the experience needed to start making 6 figures growing lettuce in someone else's backyard. In reality, the market for overpriced lettuce is already saturated and you can only make six figures doing that if you have an established relationship with restaurants who will buy overpriced lettuce, and you get all your labor for free. Lots of them don't even do that, they just sell "seminars" and "coaching" and "intensive workshops" to teach people how to grow lettuce.